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TNHCi_28794

Suspect, pending examination
Caribbean Sharpnose Shark – Rhizoprionodon porosus
NS GNR NS SNR

Photos

No photos available.

Map

Location 27.60210° N, 96.58843° W (± 50000 m)

Taxonomy

GenusRhizoprionodon
Speciesterraenovae

Specimen

Num Specimens4

Collection Event

CollectorDalquest, W. W.
Collected Date1984.3.3

Geography

CountryUnited States
StateTexas
CountyNueces
LocalityPort Aransas, off the coast

Record Source

Source Texas Natural History Collections (type: specimens)
Institution Texas Natural History Collections (type: museum)
Curator Dean Hendrickson
Record Added May 13, 2010
Record Last Modified March 23, 2026
Data Processing Track Track 2
From Data Set Received 04/2009 to 10/2010

Identification

Suspect Notes added as bulk process; species not known from study area
Count 4

Current Determination

Chondrichthyes Carcharhiniformes Carcharhinidae Rhizoprionodon Rhizoprionodon porosus
Determiner Floyd Douglas Martin
Determination Date Feb. 11, 2016
Determination Type specimen examination
Identification Comments ID complete
Identification Confidence High

Collecting Event

Collected March 3, 1984
Collecting Event ID 23748
Field Notes
There are no field notes available.

Locality

Jurisdiction Gulf of Mexico, North America
Name Gulf of Mexico off Port Aransas
Hydrography Not available
Captive no
Locality Photos
No locality photos available.
Ecoregion Unknown
HUC —
Georeferencing Remarks Treated as continental shelf of Gulf off Port Aransas. Point placed along a line perpendicular to the coast mid-way to edge of continental shelf.
Georeferencing Annotation —
Has not been Georeferenced because —

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